
International
market data
Find out how our data can help you reach local audiences and make the most of your resources. Explore our international datasets, including purchasing power, retail purchasing power, purchasing power for retail product lines and population by age group.
Do you know where your target group and consumer potential are located?
Get to know your customers and their consumption potential better – with data from our purchasing power family. Every year, we calculate NIQ Purchasing Power at various levels of detail. This potential data provides information on disposable income and its regional distribution in many countries around the world. GfK Purchasing Power is the market-recognized benchmark for determining consumption potential, which you can use to precisely evaluate the potential for each region, e.g. for individual postcode areas or municipalities.
The share of general purchasing power that consumers spend in retail and mail order is reflected by NIQ Retail Purchasing Power. This figure is subject to somewhat greater fluctuations due to the different consumer moods of the population. A regional comparison also shows considerable differences with regard to the existing demand potential in the retail sector.
In order to obtain an even more detailed picture of the consumption potential in the regions, retail purchasing power can be broken down into individual product lines. NIQ Purchasing Power for Retail Product Lines shows how much consumers in the regions can spend on the various product-lines in the food and non-food sectors. The sum of the purchasing power for retail product lines in turn gives the retail purchasing power.
The NIQ Population by Age Group also offers you an insight into the current population figures by country, divided into different age groups and also by gender.

Why it’s important to have a regional view
Not everyone spends the same amount of money in retail or on certain product lines. Net disposable income and age distribution vary greatly depending on the region.
Here are some example maps:
Find out more about retail purchasing power data in Europe in our recent press release.
With our international data, you know exactly where your target group is located and where the demand potential is highest. This allows you to plan and evaluate your locations, optimize your direct marketing, plan your advertising campaigns only where your target group is concentrated or support your sales management – and this is possible at a detailed level such as postcode areas, municipalities or even street segments.
Available countries
Europe
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdowm
America
Canada
United States
Asia
China
India
Japan
South Korea
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
Watch our
on-demand webinar
Find out more about our international potential data in our free on-demand webinar – with many helpful maps, insights, use cases and background information on methodology.
